Shoulder and arm press



July 26;, 1932. E. H. zAcHAR-ms SHOULDER, AND ARM PRESS Filed May 5,1929 ZSheets-Sheet l Ziwuentoz Edwinlf.

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Patented July 26, 1932 UNITED STATES EDWIN H. ZACHARIAS, OF READING,IPENNSYLVANIA SHOULDER AND ARM PRESS Application filed May 3, 1929.

This invention relates to garment pressing machines and particularly tosuch machines as are used, during the courseof manufacture of garments,for pressing the shoulder and arm seams, these shoulder portions of anewly made garment being particularly hard to press due to the necessityof taking up a small amount on one or the other side of the seam andeven when the garment is absolutely perfectly fitted there is still avery appreciable amount of skill required of the operator to press therather bundlesome thicknesses at the junction of the shoulder and arm.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of asimple and efficient shoulder and arm press in which the iron isstationary and the readily interchangeable ironing buck is of a shapemost conveniently to accommodate a garment durin the process ofmanufacture, or as just finished, at which time the garment willnormally be wrong side out.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a garment press inwhich the buck which may be of any desired configuration shall have arotatable mounting with respect to a carriage having longitudinal motionand the carriage support itself shall have freedom for rotation inaddition to the usual rise and fall to bring the buck into contact withthe iron. 1 1

In themaking up of clothes in quantity it is highly economical to have aconsiderable number of garment presses to take care of the individualoperations as for example a seam press for making long strokes of theiron, a bottom press for the and of trousers, ashoulder press for theshoulder seam and the arm closure seam and so forth, and this inventionconcerns itself solely with a press suitable for working on the upperarm and the shoulder of a garment, save in the feature that the doublerotation might perhaps be used with other devices. V

By having the iron stationary and by having the buck freely rotatableabout two separate axes with the ability of the operator to separatethese axes at will a considerably greater amount of work can beaccomplished in a day .than with the old types of machine Serial No.360,246.

and a still greater saving can be had in labor over any possiblepressing of the garment wherein the iron is moved by hand. In using thepresent shoulder press both of the operators arms are free to guide thegarment on V the buck and this is particularly advantageous when thereis a fullness at a seam which fullness must naturally be removed by thepress operator.

In the drawings 00 Figure 1 is a side elevation of the garment pressingmachine partly in section. L

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the garment pressing machine partly insection.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

The frame 10 is of well known G-shape having a heavy circular pedestalbase 11, two widely extending feet 12 and a rear foot 1 L spacedsomewhat beneath the back portion ofthe frame. At the top end of theGI-frame 7 is secured the pressing iron 15. which is an elongated ironof well known type having a point 16 and a back 17 thru which enter theusual steam pipes 18 and 19. Within the main tubular standard 20 of theframe is a plunger 21 resting upon a spring 22 to counterbalance theweight of the movable parts supported by the plunger. A cross bar'25extends transversely thru the plunger and thru alined slots 26 in thestandard and is go pivotally connected with two side levers 27 havingalined fulcrums 28 which are adjustable up and down by means of a screw29 threadedthru a lug 30 preferably integral with the main frame. :35

A treadle 31 is pivoted to the frame at 32 centrally of its ends and ispivotally connected to a link 33 engaging the free end of the lever 27By suitably adjusting the screw 29 the efiective stroke can be so madethat the short arm 34 of the treadle and the link 33 form a straightenedtoggle when the buck is in contact with the iron and in such adjustedposition the screw 29 can be locked in place by the lock nut 36. Iprefer however in this I type of press not to use the full toggle actionemployed in many other presses and in omitting this feature I avoid theneed for toggle breaking mechanism.

A small pedal 37 is pivoted to the side of J of the carriage.

the treadle 31 as at 38 and thru mechanism indicated generally by thenumeral 39 controls the admission of sponging steam thru the iron bymeans of the lever 40 which in addition is provided. with a handle 41 sothat the sponging valve can be operated by hand as well as by the pedal37.

A cylindrical post 42 is slidably received Within the tubular standard20 and between these two elements is a circular series of antifrictionelements such as ball bearings 43. To the top or head 44 of the hollowcylindrical post 42 is secured a pair of parallel rails 45 joined ateach end by the tie bars 46 to form an open rectangular frame forming acarriage support. This carriage support or horizontal frame is raisedand lowered by the treadle 31 and is free to rotate on its roller orball bearings 43 about an axis pass ing thru the tubular standard 20 andthru the pressing iron but has no other motion.

The carriage 50 is mounted on four rollers 51 preferably flanged toinsure smoothness of running and the carriage may also have rollers 53mounted at the ends of hangers 54 and engaging the smooth bottom face 55of the rails to prevent tipping of the carriage with certain types ofironing bucks. l/Vith the shoulder and arm buck illustrated I do notfind it necessary however to use these-auxiliary rollers 53 but do usethem with longer bucks.

A table 56 preferably of narrow grooved strips of wood reenforced by thetransverse strips 57 is permanently secured to the carriage and has alarge central circular openin'g therethru to receive the upper somewhatspherical portion 60 of the turntable, the lower portion'Gl of which isa permanent part From the spherical portion of the turntable rises aportion 62 rectangular in plan and having a smooth top surface '63 toreceive any one of the ironing bucks, one only of which is illustrated.

It might be mentioned here that these bucks are'of different sizesrunning from as little as six inches from side toside for small coats topossibly as great as ten inches for overcoats this being the transversewidth of the top 64 of the buck, the other dimension of same being aboutone and one-half inches The bottoms measured from front to back. ofthese bucks however'are of a smgle size each having a lower flange 65having holes '66 to receive screws 67 which fasten the interchangeablebucks to the turntable top.

Preferably each of the bucks has an entirely closed steam space 68 whichcommunicates thru the rear'of the buck by apipe 70 with the steam line.The pipe 70 it will be noted, is double, that is, there isone pipeinside of the other so as to take care of inlet and outlet in the onesingle'pipe. Provision for admitting sponging steam thru the top of thebuck is not illustrated.

In order to prevent any possible misalinement of the turntable and totake care of side thrust I provide the upper portion with a hollowsleeve 71 fitting in a cylindrical bore 72 in the lower portion of theturntable. In practice I find 1t convenient to have the race 73 in thelower portion of the turntable rather slight and to have the race 74 inthe upper portion slightly deeper and to secure the balls 76 in aspacing holder of well known type which may or may not be secured to theupper portion of the turntable.

The top 64 of the buck is flat and in plan View is reniform, that is,its rear edge is arcuate, its front edge also arcuate but slightlyshorter and struck with the same radius while the sides aresemi-circular in plan view. The concave edge of the buck is toward theoperator in use. top of the buck is sloped upwardly and backwardly togive as much strength as possible to the top while the rear face 79 isvertical in order to let the coat fall freely from the back of the bucktop. buck is constricted where it joins the buck top so as'to give thegreatest possible freedom for holding the garment tight to the buck.

vVhat I claim is:

1. In a garment pressing machine, a statlonary iron, a carriage, a buckrotatably mounted on the carriage, means for raising the buck toward theiron, and means below the carriage for rotatably mounting thecarturn-table on said carriage and a buck detachably mounted on theupper portion of the turntable, and a steam heated iron for cooperationwith said buck.

4. In a garment pressing machine, a steam The front face 78 of the Theneck 80 of the heated iron, a steam heated buck for cooperation withsaid iron, means for moving the buck about a vertical axis, means formoving the buck about-a second vertical axis, and means for moving thebuck so as to bring said axes closer together or further.

apart.

5. In a garment pressing machine particularly adapted for the pressingof the shoulder seams, a stationary pressing iron, a-steam heated buckhaving a top face, the front sideof which is concave and slopesdownwardly and forwardly toward the operator.

6. In a garment pressing machine, a carriage support having rotatablemovement and also having vertical movement, a carriage mounted on saidsupport, and a turntable rotatably mounted on the carriage adapted toreceive interchangeable bucks.

7. In a garment pressing machine, a pressing iron, a hollow standard, ahollow plunger within said standard, means for reciprocating theplunger, a pair of rails rotatably mounted on the plunger, a carriagerotating with said rails, and a buck reniform in plan carried by saidcarriage and movable bell neath the pressing iron.

8. In a garment pressing machine, a base, a plunger mounted in the basefor vertical movement, means for controlling such movement, a carriagesupport rotatably mounted on said plunger, a carriage on said supportadapted for longitudinal movement thereon, a steam heated iron, and aturntable on said carriage adapted to receive interchangeable bucks forcooperation with said iron.

85 9. In a garment pressing machine, a base, means slidably androtatably mounted in the base, a carriage mounted on said means, aturntable rotatably mounted on said carriage, a raised pressing surfaceon saidturn- 80 table, and a table mounted above the lower part of theturntable.

10. The device of claim 9 in which the table is secured to the carriagewhereby said turntable may be freely adjusted with respect to the table.

11. The device of claim 9 in which the turntable projects thru and abovethe top of the table. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWIN H. ZAOHARIAS.

